...I noticed a lot (1/4" or so) of side to side play in my rear wheel, plus a clicking-grinding noise. Yep, with ONLY 9800 miles on my still under warranty '06 all three rear wheel bearings were shot, and the front ones were about gone. Granted, I'm not a cleanliness / maintenance freak, and I do some hard off road and wet stuff, but CRIPES... 9800 miles? Glad I got 'em replaced before my trip out west this summer. If any of you are planning a longish trip I'd suggest replacing them with selaed bearings in advance, ya never know when or how soon they're going to go. Thanks to a recent thread on here for even calling my attention to them.

Geeezz Meefzah,anytime I see a pic of ya,your in the water.I'm surprised they lasted 9800 miles :lol:
I checked mine a 9000 and were doing ok. At 14000 the outer rear was almost dry.I repacked it to get me by till I do a tear down this winter.I'm going to bearings unlimited to see what they have to offer in sealed bearings.Did you replace yours with stock or moose? Come summer I think I'll have to come north to hook up with you guys for a day or two.
Mike

...I noticed a lot (1/4" or so) of side to side play in my rear wheel, plus a clicking-grinding noise. Yep, with ONLY 9800 miles on my still under warranty '06 all three rear wheel bearings were shot, and the front ones were about gone. Granted, I'm not a cleanliness / maintenance freak, and I do some hard off road and wet stuff, but CRIPES... 9800 miles? Glad I got 'em replaced before my trip out west this summer. If any of you are planning a longish trip I'd suggest replacing them with selaed bearings in advance, ya never know when or how soon they're going to go. Thanks to a recent thread on here for even calling my attention to them.

Another something on my tear apart and check list. Wanna shoot me a picture of what I'm looking at and how it should look? :mrgreen:

That's okay. I tore the bike down a bit today after finding that one of the rear caliper bolts had come out. I went around the bike a checked all the nuts and bolts for proper torque. Found a couple that were a little loose. Need to get some loctite at the store tomorrow. :mrgreen:
I also checked the wheels for side movement and greased the speedometer gear. I thought that the bearings would be exposed like a bike but they appear to be sealed? Am I correct? :?:

That's okay. I tore the bike down a bit today after finding that one of the rear caliper bolts had come out. I went around the bike a checked all the nuts and bolts for proper torque. Found a couple that were a little loose. Need to get some loctite at the store tomorrow. :mrgreen:
I also checked the wheels for side movement and greased the speedometer gear. I thought that the bearings would be exposed like a bike but they appear to be sealed? Am I correct? :?:

ive had the same thing happen to my caliper bolts twice. once with blue loctite. I do a complete walk around inspection before i ride. only takes about a minute

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